Nashua Flight Simulator, a New Hampshire provider of recurrent training for business-class piston twins, turbo-prop twins, and high-performance single engine aircraft, has added two experienced pilot instructors, Doug Lyons and Bob McCulla. Doug Lyons joins Nashua Flight Simulator as a recurrent training instructor specializing in the Piper Cheyenne I & II. He has amassed over […]
Flight Training
AirVenture to Host Pilot Proficiency Project
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will host the new Pilot Proficiency Project during AirVenture 2012. Located in the EAA’s Learn to Fly Center, the project offers pilots targeted forums and simulator training sessions that address key safety of flight topics, including: Angle of attack awareness, type-specific aircraft issues, glass panels, aeronautical decision making, CFIT, and […]
SimCom tapped for Twin Commander training
SimCom Training Centers has earned Twin Commander Aircraft’s endorsement as the exclusive factory-authorized provider of pilot initial and recurrent training for Twin Commander 690/A/B and JetProp models. “We are very happy to have SimCom as part of our team,” commented Twin Commander Aircraft President Matt Isley. “It is critically important for fleet safety to have […]
Six CFIs accredited as Master Instructors
Six CFIs were recently accredited as Master Instructors by Master Instructors LLC. To help put this achievement in perspective, there are approximately 96,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 700 of them have earned Master accreditation. As a measure of the prestige conferred by this title, the last 17 National Flight Instructors of the […]
Bob Jones taught eastern Idaho to fly
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The Idaho Aviation Association (IAA) honored local flight instructor Bob Jones during the May 18-19 Trade Show Aviation Idaho. Jones is 86 years old, still instructing, and as sharp as I wish I were at less than half his age. IAA District 6 Director Mike Hart admitted the IAA was honoring […]
Rudy Frasca inducted into Flight Instructor Hall of Fame
The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) inducted Rudy Frasca into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 19, with the induction taking place at the annual Sporty’s Fly-In on International Learn to Fly Day. Rudy Frasca has spent a career working to improve flight training, building a successful business, Frasca International, that […]
Coalition establishes Aviation Educator Hall of Fame
A group of more than 20 aviation organizations and individuals recently established the Aviation Educator Hall of Fame (AEHOF). According to the new organization’s charter, AEHOF’s purpose is twofold: The selection and recognition of qualified nominees who, through extraordinary achievement and service of either a sustained or a one-time nature, have made outstanding contributions to […]
Saying goodbye to a mentor
I was sitting in the terminal building in Orlando on my way home from SUN ’n FUN when my cell phone rang. “Meg, this is Peggy Boyd…” she began. Peggy is the wife of Dean Boyd, my friend and aviation mentor of some 20 years. The tone of her voice told me before she got the […]
Apps provide weather flying tips for general aviation pilots
Sporty’s has released a four-part weather flying series, now available for iPad and iPhone, featuring general aviation weather expert Richard Collins breaks down the challenges and opportunities for flying in the different seasonal weather conditions. Richard L. Collins’ Advanced Spring Weather Flying, Advanced Summer Weather Flying, Advanced Fall Weather Flying, and Advanced Winter Weather Flying […]